S. S. Minnow
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| Maiden voyage: | 1964 |
| Fate: | Shipwrecked in South Pacific after 3 hour tour |
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| Length: | 38 ft 6 in (11.7 m) |
| Installed power: | 230 hp each |
| Propulsion: | Steam powered |
| Speed: | 12 knots cruise, max 14 knots |
| Capacity: | 5 passengers |
| Crew: | 2 |
The S. S. Minnow was a fictional charter boat on the hit 1960s television sitcom Gilligan's Island.
"The mate was a mighty sailing man, the skipper brave and sure. Five passengers set sail that day for a three hour tour. The weather started getting rough, the tiny ship was tossed."
The ship ran aground on the shore of "an uncharted desert isle" (in the south Pacific Ocean), setting the stage for one of the most successful situation comedies of all time.
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[edit] Origin of its name
A minnow is a very small bait fish, but the TV boat was actually named for Newton Minow,[1] who Gilligan's Island executive producer Sherwood Schwartz believed "ruined television". Minow was chairman of the FCC in 1961, and is noted for a speech in which he called television America's "vast wasteland". The inclusion of the ship prefix S.S. in the name indicates it was powered by steam.
[edit] S. S. Minnow II
The S. S. Minnow II was a successor boat purchased by the Skipper from insurance money for the first in the 1978 made-for-TV movie Rescue From Gilligan's Island.
[edit] Minnow III
The Minnow III is the plane built by the Professor in the made-for-TV movie The Castaways on Gilligan's Island, the sequel to Rescue From Gilligan's Island. It does not have the prefix "S. S.", as it is not a steamboat.
[edit] References
- ^ Legal Tales from Gilligan's Island. Santa Clara Law Review & Jamail Center for Legal Research. Retrieved on 2007-12-30.
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